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China’s Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites, known as SJ-21 and SJ-25 for short, likely docked together in geosynchronous ...
China’s successful orbital satellite refueling operation marks a historic milestone that the US has not achieved.
Two Chinese satellites reportedly performed what appears to be the country's first high-altitude orbital refueling, as U.S.
If all Starlink launches are excluded, Falcon 9 is still the leader with 26 percent of launches, 44 percent of satellites launched, and 46 percent of mass to orbit in 2024.
ULA launched two prototype Kuiper satellites into orbit for months of testing in October 2023, but this mission — known as Kuiper Atlas 1, or KA-01 — marked Amazon’s first full-scale launch ...
With 27 satellites now in orbit around the Earth, Amazon joins a growing number of companies working to put more than 1,000 satellites each into space to create their own mega constellation.
Satellites launched into this kind of orbit may have additional thrusters onboard, which are fired to subtly shift their arc. This is all with the intent of matching the speed of the Earth's ...